There is a world outside of UB

So I decided to look around and read some posts outside of our class to see what other people are thinking about porn in today's world.  I was thinking that I would find more conservative views than I did, which I guess I should have known that most bloggers would lean toward the left.  One that I found that interested me the most concerned the age for which the government should enforce pornography laws.  I think that the author had a good point that children are growing up faster, and it might not make sense to leave the minimum age at eighteen.  However, I am not sure that I agree that it is a positive thing that children are growing up faster in today's world and by lowering minimum ages for such things as pornography it might further perpertuate this trend.  Why do children need to grow up so fast?  Is it really beneficial to them?  If people are leaving longer then shouldn't children really being maturing slower?  I guess that in some ways children aren't growing up as fast since people have children older, marry later, stay in school longer, live at home longer, etc. but certain emotions may appear earlier than before.  These emotions being cynicism, pessimism, etc. and the general idea being that children are exposed to the darker and gloomier elements of life earlier.  I am not saying that porn leads to cynicism or pessism, but that by allowing children to reach milestones even earlier it can only force them to grow up faster when they may not be ready.